[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #121616

Hi Colleen,
The stores do not enforce the masks in some places because some people become really belligerent about it and the stores do not want those types of confrontation. It is sad that grown people won’t follow the rules.
That is nice that Ethan will be able to go through all four years of high school in the same place. It is hard when the bigger kids have to move. I know Kim’s Dad was in the Air Force and she had to move a lot as a kid.
I’m glad to hear your grands are back in school. Ours are not. They said they would look at it again at the end of the semester which coincides with winter break. I doubt they will be going back though. Our county just had to close bars and restaurants again as cases are rising and the numbers are above the necessary rate to keep things open. I hear places in Europe are having lock downs again. One of Jenny’s friends owns a local bar and I can only imagine how they must be struggling. At least now we are ordering carry out so I feel we are trying to support the local restaurants.
I hope that you are not still feeling under the weather.
I am so surprised that Brook lost her job. Maybe KFC is not doing enough business right now. I know around here they are looking for help everywhere and we can’t figure out why as so many are out of work but Greg says they are having trouble hiring right now too. Maybe because schools are out so some families have to have someone stay home with the kids instead of working? Anyway, it sounds like the WalMart job will be better for her anyway. So maybe it was one of those blessings in disguise. She is a brave young woman taking on the baby and working and trying to take classes too. Thank goodness she must have lots of help with the baby. Is Mandy still working at The Dollar Store? How have things been there? I heard when people couldn’t find things a lot of times they could find them at a dollar store.
Does Grayson have a Halloween costume? I miss seeing the little ones in their costumes.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #121524

Hi Sue,
I can understand your frustration and depression. It’s hard because we are all trying to do the right thing and so many other’s are not and don’t seem to care. All I know is I can’t control what all those other people are doing but I can control what i do. So I will continue plugging along wearing a mask social distancing and hand washing. That’s the only positive thing that I can do.
As one of the doctors mentioned i would rather wear a mask then be on a respirator. Big difference when you think about it that way a mask is a minor inconvenience.
I guess way back during the influenza pandemic in 1918 there was much the same kinds of things happening. People not wanting to mask up and stay home. I guess we don’t learn from our mistakes.
I just am grateful for my blessings and have hope for better times ahead.
That’s why it’s nice to come here where we can just be girl friends and talk about recipes or something funny that happened or share family stories. it’s a place to escape from some of the sadness in the world and a place where we can come and lift each other’s spirits.
That is awful about the car and buggy accident. since there are so many Amish in your area do things like that happen very often. Do they at least put some type of reflective tape or something on the buggy. I know out here on the dark roads sometimes we come upon a person walking or riding a bike in the dark if they are all in dark clothes you really can not see them until you are right up on them. It scares us every time because it is so dangerous.
Keep the faith-better days are coming-they have to.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #121519

Hi Adele,
Hope the back is doing better.
Had you not had subway before? They make a pretty good sandwich. That was one of our regular stops on a Friday night precovid. lol
Both kids worked at the local Subway when they were in high school. They were sandwich artistes! lol
Poor little Aizen. Maybe you should tell him to remember all the good times he had at your house and that there will be good times again.
Do they allow people in the Starbucks or is it all just drive through? I know here in Illinois they are making some bars and restaurants shut down again. Whether the people will actually do it or not remains to be seen.
I am praying for a Biden victory and an actual plan to fight this pandemic.
I think it is foremost on the minds of so many people.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #121514

Hi Colleen,
I did hear about those people and the fire. It’s so sad. If only they had evacuated they would still be alive.
The stye does not impair my vision at all. It hurt when it first started but it doesn’t hurt at all anymore-I just know it’s there and keeps me from wearing contacts if I wanted to. I can’t believe that you have never had one. I thought they were fairly common.
I don’t really know how people are about wearing masks around here but I think they are fairly good but Illinois does have a mask rule-maybe your state does not.
When we watched the kids in the gym they all had masks on there. We were getting gas at a Casey’s the other night and I saw people walking into there with masks on.
The only place I have been is to the hospital, dentist and eye doctor and everyone was masked there.
I was just saying to Greg the other night what a wimpy society we are that people complain about wearing a mask. Just think what people had to go through during wars. By comparison this is a small thing to ask but everyone is too spoiled to comply.
It’s sad times.
On the bright side I got a letter from Piper in the mail today that had butterflies drawn all over it. It made me happy and also made me cry a little.
I allow myself a little pity party now and then and then kick myself in the butt and tell myself to get over it as we have a roof over our heads and food on the table and the family is healthy.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #121509

Hi DD,
We watched the debates even though we had already voted. We just wanted to see how they both sounded.
I like the picture with the deer and other animals. It’s kind of like a Christmas card.
Speaking of which I have already bought my cards for this year.
No going to a store and browsing and picking them out this year. Good old Amazon to the rescue.
I’m glad Snowball is getting more cuddly.
We had another dusting of snow yesterday morning.
We get an extra hour of sleep this weekend.
Sometimes when it gets cold I just want to stay snuggled in bed like a bear and hibernate.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #121323

Hi Adele,
I hope the back is better.
Good thing Amanda is there to help with the cooking.
Since we’ve been picking up food on the weekends now I feel much better.
I don’t feel so pressured to cook all the time.
However, we don’t have that many restaurants around so I try to mix things up as much as possible-which is sometimes interesting.
Yes, our house was built by our old neighbor and his partner. It really is stick built.
They did hire the subcontractors for heating and plumbing but we personally got all the cabinets, flooring, tile, light fixtures had our own guy come in the to do painting. I loved every minute of it and would do it again in a heartbeat. Greg used to say at that time that the people at Menards were on a first name basis with him. I guess when I look back on it now it was a lot of running around but I really enjoyed it and liked being able to choose every little detail.
We had some basic plans that we liked but we had the architect tweak those so we could have the rooms exactly how and where we wanted them.
I know other people talk about it being a nightmare but i thought it was a wonderful dream. And in all these years I’ve never been sorry and wished we had done something differently. I guess because we planned for so long before we actually did it. We walked through hundreds of model homes to see what type of floor plans we liked. Of course now I wish everything was on one floor but it’s so much more economical to build a two story house and when you are in your late forties you are not thinking about what it will be like at 70. lol
Piper and Lachlan are taking tumbling classes so Jenny told us they have cameras in the gyms that we can watch the classes on. We had to go through Greg’s phone to watch it on the TV and the picture wasn’t very big but it was interesting. This is how we have to see the grandkids now-on screens-good thing they like tablets so much. lol
Tonight we are watching a Journey tribute band concert from our local music hall which we will stream.
Wednesday the Moose is having a meatloaf dinner so I think we will order carry out and pick up from there.
Such and exciting life we lead! lol
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #121318

Hi Colleen,
I used to go to Cherry Vale mall a lot. Also used to take the kids there. Now I bet I haven’t been there in four years since I do so much shopping online.
There are still nice houses in that area. Of course they are mostly older now.
I was setting up my DVR for next week and saw that instead of DWTS on my Dish it’s a football game because the Bears are playing on Monday night football. I was upset because Monday was supposed to be the DWTS Halloween show. Then I read somewhere that it will be broadcast in our area at midnight until two so I have it set to record. It’s probably only like that in our area because of the Bears being on. It will probably be on at the regular time for the rest of you.
My eye is not really troublesome. It’s just I had a stye and it went away on the edge of my eye but there was still apart on the inside of my lower eyelid where the gland is blocked. So I have some eyedrops now and am supposed to put warm compresses on it. In the meantime I can’t wear my contacts until it’s healed. However, since we are home all the time I barely wear my contacts anyway. It’s just easier to pop on the glasses and I’m saving money by not having to buy lenses. When we start going out again (whenever that is) I will start wearing the contacts again and can buy more then.
I think this winter we are mostly just going to be like bears and hibernate with the covid numbers going up and up everywhere.
They now have a field hospital on the Wisconsin state fairgrounds. It’s hard for me to understand why people refuse to take precautions. I’m glad that we are older and can stay home. Even though I want to go out as much as anyone else I would rather be safe than sorry.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #121241

Hi Adele,
I’m sorry your back is bad again.
The numbers are up pretty much everywhere and you are starting to hear more and more covid reports again.
our governor is doing daily TV briefings again and he has not done so in months.
I know they were going to reevaluate in person learning at the end of the semester which will be at the new year. I’m betting the winter will be bad so they won’t go back to school until next September.
The eye doctor lives in a neighboring town and he said his girls were set to go back to high school and they cancelled at the last minute because of rising numbers. This stye wasn’t caused by the contacts as I haven’t had them in in months. So I will be okay to start wearing them again when I want to. Right now there’s no sense in wasting money on buying them when I am home all the time.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #121236

Hi Colleen,
It would be hard to rent again. We have owned a house ever since about 1975 so that is a long time. We bought our first house in 1975 and fixed it up and then built the house we are in now in about 1996. We bought the land several years before we built the house. While we were saving Greg would come out and plant trees and bushes on the property so by the time we built it wasn’t just all flat empty farm land anymore. The houses farther down the road are in wooded areas but i didn’t want all that wood around I like a more open sunny area to live in.
I don’t even know if I could go back to living in a city or town I have lived out in the country for so long.
When you lived in Rockford did you live right in the city? Was Cherry Vale Mall around when you lived there? I’ll bet it was as it has been there for awhile.
I wish they would turn all that crowd noise down on DWTS. It is way too loud. We all know there is no crowd there anyway. lol
Gail

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